Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-23 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:12 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:44:02 -0800 > Victor Soich dijo: > > >Dear Plug clinic, > > > >I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs > >are on my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or > >I

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-18 Thread C W
I forgot to post this link in the previous post Linux Mint 13 KDE: " http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2090"; On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:06 PM, C W wrote: > Hi Victor, > > Give the live DVD, (or live USB, or SD card) of Linux Mint 13 KDE a try. > It is LTS (Long Term support) with 5 years of suppo

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-18 Thread C W
Hi Victor, Give the live DVD, (or live USB, or SD card) of Linux Mint 13 KDE a try. It is LTS (Long Term support) with 5 years of support. Linux Mint 13 KDE is what several of my friends & myself, use and love. GNOME fallback mode has just been eliminated from any future versions of GNOME. A lot

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread Tony Rick
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:48 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:27:03 -0800 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > > >OK, I'm downloading the live CD ISOs. Oddly, the web site says they > >will fit on a CD, yet each ISO is around 1 GB. Maybe they have special > >CDs in Debian-land. > > I

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread John Meissen
vso...@gmail.com said: > I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs are on > my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or I want to put > on Mint or Debian on my desktop computer. I really don't relish hauling my > desktop computer down to the clinic

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread Richard Owlett
John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:05:56 -0600 > Richard Owlett dijo: > >>> OK, I'm downloading the live CD ISOs. Oddly, the web site says they >>> will fit on a CD, yet each ISO is around 1 GB. Maybe they have >>> special CDs in Debian-land. > >> That doesn't sound right. >> I just

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread Richard Owlett
John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:27:03 -0800 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > >> OK, I'm downloading the live CD ISOs. Oddly, the web site says they >> will fit on a CD, yet each ISO is around 1 GB. Maybe they have special >> CDs in Debian-land. > > I forgot a question. The ISOs are on

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:05:56 -0600 Richard Owlett dijo: >> OK, I'm downloading the live CD ISOs. Oddly, the web site says they >> will fit on a CD, yet each ISO is around 1 GB. Maybe they have >> special CDs in Debian-land. >That doesn't sound right. >I just went looking and >http://cdimage.deb

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread Tim Bruce - PLUG
On Fri, November 16, 2012 21:44, Victor Soich wrote: > Dear Plug clinic, > > I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs > are on my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or > I want to put on Mint or Debian on my desktop computer. I really > don't re

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread wes
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:12 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:44:02 -0800 > Victor Soich dijo: > >I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs > >are on my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or > >I want to put on Mint or Debia

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread Richard Owlett
John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:24:49 -0600 > Richard Owlett dijo: > >>> I have live CDs of all the above except Debian. Debian is designed to >>> be installed over the net, so there is just a very small bootable CD. > >> Oh , it's definitely _designed_ for internet connected >>

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:27:03 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >OK, I'm downloading the live CD ISOs. Oddly, the web site says they >will fit on a CD, yet each ISO is around 1 GB. Maybe they have special >CDs in Debian-land. I forgot a question. The ISOs are on this web site: http://www.debian.org/

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:24:49 -0600 Richard Owlett dijo: >> I have live CDs of all the above except Debian. Debian is designed to >> be installed over the net, so there is just a very small bootable CD. >Oh , it's definitely _designed_ for internet connected >install. But it will install without

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-17 Thread Richard Owlett
John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:44:02 -0800 > Victor Soich dijo: > >> Dear Plug clinic, >> >> I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. ...Can I get help backing up my files, >> blowing >> away Ubuntu 12.something, and putting Debian on my machine, ... Debian is happy to dual boot

Re: [PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:44:02 -0800 Victor Soich dijo: >Dear Plug clinic, > >I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs >are on my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or >I want to put on Mint or Debian on my desktop computer. I really >don't reli

[PLUG] Victor upgraded to Ubuntu 12.something

2012-11-16 Thread Victor Soich
Dear Plug clinic, I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs are on my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or I want to put on Mint or Debian on my desktop computer. I really don't relish hauling my desktop computer down to the clinic, with my mon